In the present investigation an attempt was made to develop a large scale production of planting materials of two Japanese hybrid cultivars of muskmelon through micropropagation. Seeds of two popular Japanese muskmelon cultivars were surface steriliz...

The whole work of the present investigation was carried out under two separate parts, such as triple test cross and correlation, path-coefficient and selection index. The additive and dominance components were found to be highly significant in all th...

The Sundarbans mangrove is a highly dynamic ecosystem. Gewa (Excoecaria agallocha Linn.) is a codominent species, the merchantable growing stock of which was depleted by 45% during 1959 to 1983. The purpose of this study was to obtain information on ...

The present work deals with variability, correlation, path-coefficient and selection index for eleven quantitative characters in chickpea. Variability of the studied characters exhibited that they were quantitative in nature and under polygenic contr...

Diversity of Gymnospermic plants in Bangladesh was carried out. 20 species of different families were collected and identified. A complete taxonomic account of each species with current nomenclature,different common names,description of the plant, cu...

In the present investigation, 30 different potato genotypes were evaluated for 3 consecutive years. The estimates of different components of variation and coefficient of variability, such as phenotypic, different interaction and error were more or le...

Medicinal legumes are represented in Bangladesh by 107 species under 48 genera including herbs, shrubs and trees. Medicinal value of the species have been ascertained based on the field study as well as literature survey. Recorded plant species are e...

The present study was carried out to obtain information about the performance of maize inbred lines, genetic diversity, gene action and assessment of the combining ability of parental lines and their F1s by using diallel fashion. Cob length, number o...

The following paper undertakes a comparative analysis of the global causes of food price hikes and local causes in Bangladesh, for the years 2007-08. The paper argues that internal forces influenced food prices much more substantially than global foo...

Abstract: The effect of different concentrations and combinations of plant growth regulators (BAP, NAA, IAA and Kinetin) was studied to develop a protocol for efficient in vitro regeneration of tomato genotypes at the Biotechnology & Genetic Engineer...

This work explores Somalia's state collapse and the security threats posed by Somalia's prolonged crisis. Communities are reduced to lawlessness, and the interests of commercial elites have shifted towards rule of law, but not a revived central stat...

In vitro propagation of virus free clones through meristem and subsequent field evaluation of microclones were explored. The present study also includes callus induction from leaf explant followed by somatic embryogenesis, plant regeneration from som...

The book covers the undergraduate and postgraduate syllabi of all the major universities for the economic zoology course. Each chapter presents the discussion of the topics in a scientific way, accompanied with relevant diagrams and pictures. Each ch...

Hoolock Gibbons (Hoolock hoolock) are socially monogamous and endangered small apes in the Indian subcontinent that hold a very important position in the ecology of tropical forests. The populations of Gibbons have undergone declines primarily due to...

In the present study fish marketing systems in different markets of Mymensingh town, market price, consumers perceptions and fish sellers livelihoods were studied for a period of six months from July to December 2007. Data were collected through ques...

A study was undertaken to know about the fish feed formulation, production, quality control and to investigate the nutrient contents of fish feeds in Shushama Feed Limited. The formulation of feed was done with indigenous ingredients and ingredients ...